Unknown County IL Archives Biographies.....Adams, John 1772 - 1863
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

ADAMS, John, educator, was born in Canterbury, Conn., Sept. 18, 1772, son of 
John Adams, a soldier in the war for independence. He was educated at Yale 
college, and was graduated in 1795, while teaching his profession, and began 
his labors in his native town, where he conducted an academy for three years. 
He then removed to Plainfield, N.J., where he was made rector of the academy. 
In 1803 he was chosen principal of the Bacon academy, Colchester, Conn., where 
he remained seven years, when he removed to Andover, Mass., as principal of 
Phillips academy. Here for twenty years he directed the preparatory training 
of many of the nations greatest minds, and as well helped to organize and 
advance numerous charitable associations, which have since become of national 
renown. In 1833, in connection with the work of the American Sunday school 
union, he went to Illinois, where he personally organized over five hundred 
Sunday schools. Yale conferred upon Mr. Adams the degree of LL.D. in 1854. He 
died April 24, 1863.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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